The city manager government was to mark the zenith of Pendergast power.
[citation needed] Beach was delegate of the Republican National Convention from Missouri in 1928.
[citation needed] Beach died at his home in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri on January 21, 1939, from coronary thrombosis.
He was buried at Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery in Kansas City.
[1][citation needed] Notable events during his tenure included: